Atomic Physics

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This crossword puzzle covers terms used in Chapter 21: Atomic Physics.

1 P
H
2 W O R K F U N C T I O N
T
3 M 4 A B S O R P T I O N S P 5 E C T R 6 U M
A E M N
X 7 B 8 Q 9 R L I C 10 Q
L U E E S E U
P A 11 E A S C S R A
12 E L E C T R O N V O L T I T N
A K N T N R O A T
N B E A A I N I U
C O S T C 13 N N M
K D T O I S T
Y R E E P Y M
R S F L E E
U F S C P C
14 U L T R A V I O L E T C A T A S T R O P H E
H C B R I A
15 F R E Q U E N C Y T O U N N
R H M C I
F R I C
16 C O M P T O N S H I F T P S
R L
17 L O U I S D E B R O G L I E E

Across
2.Smallest amount of energy the electron must have to escape the surface of metal.
4.Spectral lines corresponding to this process.
12.The energy that and electron or a photon gains.
14.Explains why amount of energy being radiated approaches zero.
15.Energy of a quantum = Planck's constant x __________.
16.Provides support for Einstein's photon theory of light.
17.Extended the wave-particle duality.
Down
1.Emission of electrons when light strikes a metal.
3.This physicist developed a formula for blackbody radiation.
5.Series of spectral lines.
6.Created by Werner Heisenberg.
7.Radiation observed by a hollow object with a small object.
8.The units of light energy aka photons.
9.Submicroscopic electric oscillators.
10.Theory marked by energy coming in discrete units.
11.Performed an experiment to disprove Thomson's model.
13.Proposed a model of the hydrogen atom that explains atomic spectra.